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Laïcité versus freedom of religion: a Gordian knot within the French republic?

19 Haziran 20154 Şubat 2019

Since its entry into force in 2004, the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols has been perceived as a matter of concern by actors involved in dialogues...

Articles Democracy And Human Rights

Lawless Council of State

8 Haziran 20154 Şubat 2019

Turkey’s Council of State, which is the high court for cases related to administrative law, has a long history, beginning in the Ottoman era. Since its establishment in 1868...

Articles Refugee, Asylum And Migration

Mediterranean Sea and Frontex: a deadly war against the weakest

8 Haziran 201515 Şubat 2019

In the aftermath of the Lampedusa tragedy of October 2013, more than 360 lifeless bodies were rescued from the waves in what was then labeled the worst shipwreck of...

Articles Women's Human Rights

Could the İstanbul Convention provide a safe haven for women in Turkey?

8 Haziran 201515 Şubat 2019

Violence against women occurs in, and affects a large spectrum of, countries and cultures all over the world, but in recent years it has been taking place with alarming frequency...

Articles Women's Human Rights

Origins of violence against women in Turkey

23 Şubat 201515 Şubat 2019

We have seen the latter in the insufferable killing of Özgecan Aslan in Tarsus, Mersin. This was the latest case of violence against women, but it will not be...

Articles Minority Rights

G-word not so easy

29 Ocak 20157 Nisan 2023

Günal Kurşun It is really not an easy word to say for an ordinary Turkish citizen, after all the negative propaganda they receive at school. When we say “genocide”...

Articles Democracy And Human Rights

Orhan Kemal Cengiz: It is a revolution to try coup plotters

24 Ocak 20154 Şubat 2019

Historic opportunity…. ETÖ (Ergenekon Terrorist Organization) presents a historic opportunity for Turkey. Second indictment was made public. The indictment has captured -from all perspectives- the images of coup plotters, enemies...

Articles Refugee, Asylum And Migration

1 350 000 Syrians in Turkey – a Nation in a State of Limbo

18 Eylül 201415 Şubat 2019

When the first influx of Syrians looking for refuge in the neighboring countries of Syria took place in 2011/12, the international community could not anticipate that the Syrian Civil...

Articles Refugee, Asylum And Migration

Call to the Turkish government to resume its open-door policy towards Syrians and to open its border for İraqi refugees

18 Eylül 201415 Şubat 2019

The lack of a near-term solution to the Syrian civil war as well as the establishment of a caliphate by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS – formerly known as...

Articles Democracy And Human Rights

Can we trust the Turkish media?

1 Eylül 20144 Şubat 2019

01.09.2014 A few days ago we read in the Taraf daily that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been paying some young people TL 800 to 4,000 monthly...

Laïcité versus freedom of religion: a Gordian knot within the French republic?

Lawless Council of State

Mediterranean Sea and Frontex: a deadly war against the weakest

Could the İstanbul Convention provide a safe haven for women in Turkey?

Origins of violence against women in Turkey

G-word not so easy

Orhan Kemal Cengiz: It is a revolution to try coup plotters

1 350 000 Syrians in Turkey – a Nation in a State of Limbo

Call to the Turkish government to resume its open-door policy towards Syrians and to open its border for İraqi refugees

Can we trust the Turkish media?

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